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CAPNG_APPLY_CAPS_FD
Section: Libca-ng API (3)Updated: Sept 2020
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NAME
capng_apply_caps_fd - write fil-based capabilities to extended attributesSYNOPSIS
#include <ca-ng.h>int capng_apply_caps_fd(int fd);
DESCRIPTION
This function will write the file based capabilities to the extended attributes of the file that the descriptor was opened against. The bounding set is not included in file based capabilities operations. Note that this function will only work if compiled on a kernel that supports file based capabilities such as 2.6.2 6 and later.
RETURN VALUE
This returns 0 on success,-1 if something besides a regular file is passed, and-2 if a no-root namespace id is being used for rootid.
SEE ALSO
capng_get_caps_fd(3), capabilities(7)
AUTHOR
Steve Grubb